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Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Emerson College’s only independent, student-run newspaper since 1947

The Berkeley Beacon

Boston Climate Strike attendees march down Tremont Street towards the State House on Friday. Sam Hwang / Beacon Correspondent

Youth-led strike pressures Mass. legislature to act on climate change

By Andrew Brinker / September 21, 2019

Thousands of demonstrators gathered at City Hall Plaza and marched to the State House Friday to participate in the Boston Climate Strike, part of an international...

A speaker at the Massachusetts Youth Climate Strike talks to hundreds of attendees on the steps of the Massachusetts State House. Madison Goldberg / Beacon Correspondent

Hundreds of students strike for climate change reform at State House

By Jacob Seitz / March 16, 2019

Hundreds of students and protestors gathered at 11 a.m. outside the State House on March 15 for the Massachusetts Youth Climate Strike. The protest...